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13 December 2012 Last updated at 19:54 ET

Benghazi furore ends Rice hopesUS Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice file picture

UN Ambassador Susan Rice withdraws her name for consideration from the race to succeed Hillary Clinton as US secretary of state, the White House says.

Hamas rally in the city of Nabul (13 December 2012)Hamas stages rare West Bank rally

Thousands of Palestinians take part in the first mass rally organised by Islamist militant group Hamas in the West Bank since 2007.

Mount EverestNasa admits 'Everest' photo error

The US space agency, Nasa, admits it mistook a mountain in India for Everest when it posted online a picture taken from space.

Lyse Doucet Article written by Lyse Doucet Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent

Tunisians' frustrations, two years on Watch

15:24 UK time, Monday, 10 December 2012

Tunisia was the first Arab country to see a revolution in the Arab Spring, but discontent has re-emerged, as the BBC's Lyse Doucet reports.

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